It's official: 2024 was the planet's warmest year on record, according to an analysis by scientists from NOAA's National ...

Turns out, breaking the record was never really in doubt. Last year easily beat out the previous record holder, 2023, for the ...

2024 was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, ...

"Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880." ...

One reason is that global temperatures were off-the-charts hot in 2023, with an average 1.45 °C of warming above the pre-industrial baseline (see ‘Temperature surge’), shattering previous records.

A 2023 global heat spike was partly due to reduced sulfate emissions from shipping, which decreased cloud cover and raised ...